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grossly

adv
/ˈɡɹoʊsli/US/ˈɡɹəʊsli/UK

Etymology

From gross + -ly.

  1. derived from grossus — “big, fat, thick”
  2. derived from gros
  3. inherited from gros
  4. suffixed as grossly — “gross + ly”

Definitions

  1. Greatly

    Greatly; to a large degree, especially one large enough to be frankly appreciable.

    • grossly inflated expectations
    • grossly enlarged hepatic lobes, evident on palpation
    • Third-class carriages are grossly overcrowded, with passengers lying on the luggage racks, standing between the benches, and occasionally even riding on the footboards and clinging to the outsides of the coaches for short distances.

  2. To a serious, severe, or offensive degree.

    • grossly misjudged
    • grossly inflamed
    • A draft deal to cut global fossil fuel production is “grossly insufficient” and “incoherent” and will not stop the world from facing dangerous climate breakdown, according to delegates at the UN’s Cop28 summit.

  3. In a gross (disgusting) manner

    In a gross (disgusting) manner; without delicacy.

    • The men were talking grossly about their sexual conquests.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Roughly

      Roughly; approximately; inexactly; sketchily.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA